'Big money' in politics drowns out average citizens' voices | Letters

Dec 19, 2017 | 3:15 PM

Sun Sentinel Editorial Board members share their parting thoughts on this week's episode, including Ajit Pai, the CDC, and more.

I am in awe of the "arguments" advanced in Dan Backer's piece — "Don't be a Grinch about 'money in politics.' " — in the Dec. 18 Sun Sentinel. It was a most impressive display of distraction, obfuscation, and misdirection. In other words, political spin. Clearly, Backer sees politics as an amoral arena where democracy and the public interest are totally irrelevant.

The problem with "big money" in politics is that big money's voice is infinitely louder than any other, so the citizenry is inevitably exposed to a deeply biased view of the issues of the day. Furthermore, our corrupted representatives feel that they must do money's bidding if they want to be reelected. Ask your representative how many hours he or she spends raising money every week. You'll be shocked.

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Both major parties are complicit in this deeply cynical, but technically legal system. There are very few heroes in Washington, D.C.